Tanya is Getting Married
It’s official, as THE OFFICIAL WEDDING WEBSITE for Tanya and Vincent shows, they are getting married in Thailand on the 14th March, 2009.
Congratulations all round.
95 Course - Fly Past List
Bob Harvey sent me a few more pics yesterday. This is a scan of the formation flypast list of Captains and Students flown a day or so prior to our graduation. Thanks Bob. (If memory serves me well, Col Mitchell was not well and couldn’t participate in the flypast.)
Park Bench for JE Sheehan
On the weekend of July 13 some friends and family commemorated the late JE Sheehan with a gathering, food and a few drinks at the bench placed on the walkway in Bayview where Dad used to stroll in the mornings. Special thanks go to Becky Scott, Steve Lear and Sarah Body.
95 Course Nominal Roll
We started at 1FTS Point Cook as 35 cadets. Bob Harvey managed to track down the nominal roll. Thanks Bob. Those in blue are the graduating members with my recollection of the aircraft type each was initially posted to fly. (Thanks to Noddy and Bob for corrections - especially the note that Greg Collins was back coursed to 96 Course) 
95 Pilots Course - Pre-Graduation
A photo of 95 Course graduating cadets taken, I think, just before or just after our Graduation Day Flypast at 2FTS RAAF Pearce.
Backrow (L-R) John Blackburn, Brad Johns, John Herbert, Sean Trestrail, Phil Carkagis, Chris Sawade
Middle Row (L-R) John Payne, Steve Byrnes, Ross Birch, Pete Watson (on wing), Bob Jenkins, Tony Vollebregt, Geoff Sheehan, Col Mitchell
Front Row kneeling (L-R) Markus Khoo, Tim Sloane, Mick Maher, Bob Harvey
Brad Johns got in touch with me overnight from UAE and will be sending some more pics through, as will JP who has been in London.
1FTS Detachment “A” Wagga Wagga - 95 Pilots Course
During our basic flying training at 1FTS Point Cook the weather was so awful our course fell about 6 weeks behind in the flying syllabus. The RAAF decided, I think it may have been Wg. Cdr Bill Monaghan who later became my father-in-law, to send our course to RAAF Forest Hills in Wagga to ensure that we finished our basic flying training on time. Any major delays would have screwed up 2FTS RAAF Pearce, and courses who succeeded us at Point Cook.
This is a photo of us just after arriving at RAAF Forest Hills.
